MT-DNA-Carr Pedigree

 

My match with the Carr Pedigree is one of my Genetic Distance 2 matches but is taking me back to Coventry, Kent County, Rhode Island in New England where several of my Genetic Distance 1 matches seem to be taking me. Mutations can occur in Mt-DNA at any time, in any generation, as do mutations in Y-DNA. So, this match and I share an extra mutation not present in some of those in my Genetic Distance 1 matches.

In my initial contact with my match all I had was their earliest Mt-DNA ancestress was Mary Carr born 1825 and dying in 1885.

Apparently, Mary Carr is not an exclusive name. I quickly located two Mary Carrs, both born in 1825 and dying in 1885. One was in Ohio and Michigan and the other one born in Coventry, Kent County, Rhode Island.

I re-contacted my match who verified I should be looking at the one in Coventry, Rhode Island. And….I have already been working on families in Coventry and Kent County, Rhode Island. So, this was another indication I am (hopefully) on the correct trail. Now, how does this match and my other matches relate to one another.

Again, I am not starting my research with living and closer-in relations, and am several generations removed from my match. I suggest I am in the Great-Great Grandparent range so, will begin by calling the first generation in the pedigree 5^th Generation. I may correct it at a later date.

Generation 5)

Malvina F. Pierce was born 27 November 1847 and died at an unknown date. She was the daughter of Mary Hannah (Carr) and Holden Pearce/Pierce

She was married to Charles D. Kennedy 25 July 1866

At this time I do not know from which child my match descends.

Children of Malvin F (Pierce) and Charles D. Kennedy were:

Thomas H. Kennedy Born 1867

Mary H. B. Kennedy Born 1869

Ada B. Kennedy Born 1871

Josephine P. Kennedy Born 1873

Sarah M. Kennedy Born 1875

Louisa D. Kennedy Born 1879

Abbie C. Kennedy Born 1881

 

Generation 6)

Mary Hannah Carr was born 10 February 1825 in Coventry, Kent County, Rhode Island. She was the daughter of Elizabeth (Bennett) (1798-1833) and Weaver Carr (1796-1855)

Mary Hannah Carr married in – to Holden Pierce who was born in 1815 and died 1 November 1842.

Children of Mary Hannah (Carr) and Holden Pierce/Pearce were:

Sarah E. Pierce Born 11 September 1843 Died 1 July 1844

Ellen F. Pierce Born 11 August 1845 Died    She married twice: 1) Charles H Utton and 2) Eshon O. Cook

Malvena F. Pierce Born 27 November 1847 and Died –unknown. Dhe married Charles D. Kennedy. See Generation 5

Hannah Pierce Born 3 June 1850 Married Rufus P? Slocum

Anson B. Pierce Born 5 July 1852 Died 27 September 1853

Abbie C. Pierce Born 6 February 1854 Died 18 September 1855

James H Pierce Born 31 May 1857 Died   Married Cameron?

Josephine H. Pierce Born 121866 Died 7 February 1873

 

Generation 7)

Elizabeth Bennett was born 15 May 1798 and Died 22 February 1833. She married 27 December 1815 to Weaver Carr. Both Elizabeth and her husband, Weaver Carr are buried in a historical designated cemetery. It is a Carr cemetery and there are no Bennetts listed as being buried there.

Weaver Carr was the son of Mary (Burlingame) (1765-1847) and Benjamin Carr 1749-1832) . Weaver Carr was born 26 July 1796 Coventry, Kent County, Rhode Island and died 1 April 1855. After the death of Elizabeth Bennett, his first wife, Weaver married 2^nd to Olive Gage.

Children of Elizabeth (Bennett) and Weaver Carr were:

Sylvester Weaver Carr Born 1816 Died 1842 Married 1 December 1837 Sarah Ann Leonard Providence, Rhode Island (1837-1879)

Rufus Bennett Carr Born 1819 Died Married 31 January 1837 Mary Jane Clark (1831-1883)

William Benjamin Carr Born 1821 Married 15 February 1847 Nancy M. Bolkcom (1819-1892)

Caleb Samuel Carr Born 1824 Died 1824

Mary Hannah Carr Born 1825 Died 1855 Married 1 November 1842 Holden Pierce See Generation 6)

Lydia Elizabeth Carr Born 1827 Died 1845

Caleb Nicholas Carr Born 1830 Married 4 January 1851 Elizabeth Jane Stewart Born 1835

Joseph Gardiner Carr Born 1832 Married 19 February 1854 Derenda C. Snow Born 1835

I have been unable to figure out the parents of Elizabeth Bennett. Due to her naming a son Rudfus Bennett Carr, I tried to see if Rufus Bennett may have been her father. There is a Rufus Bennett and wife, Ruth, in Coventry but I have not been able to attach Elizabeth to him. Rufus is a son of Hezekiah and I have not been able to show Elizabeth is a part of that family either. There are numerous Bennetts in Coventry as well as Kent County. I will have to keep working with those families to see if and where Elizabeth fits in.

There are numerous Bennett families in Coventry, East Greenwich, West Greenwich and Warwick in 1790-1830 censuses when Elizabeth was alive. Several of the censuses are enumerated alphabetically.

In looking at the 1800 census Joseph, David, Ezekiel and Thomas have females under the age of 10. In 1810 only Ezekiel, Hezekiah and Rufus live in Coventry and the others on the other Kent County towns.

There is another Rufus, son of Abel and Mary Fox. But, he does not appear to be the father of Elizabeth Bennett Carr.

So, we will have to dig deeper…….